Marom 14, 1863.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND. 
AGRICULTURAL 
GAZETTE, 247 
invade the cellular system of the plant upon which 16 | The balance between the dilator and contractor | on the Di iatomacem, an interesting subject which 
grows. The second conclusion is in рр {о the | muscles із removed, the circular fibres, being i cad still E ue his attention But Юг. Greville's 
views of all the authors whom he con- pop sed, act, and the pupil is contracted. Dr. Fraser pat science have not been limited Ъ 
sulted on the subject. aen the roo ot the scribed a si milar Жс action to result from | h is wr Чыг Не һаз va an ardent collector of 
Mistletoe have fairly infixed themselves into the ine wap гаш man. V. * Register y the | | plants and other objects of natural history ; and his 
medullary system a the nourishing plant, their | Flowering of Spring ola n the open air, of ph janerogamous and cryptoga- 
invasive growth ceases; but they i Ca aa and Tignity Royal део Sie ad РРР. Ву Мг. i xb E plants, 11 of insects, have 
ол their outer ен ons, Y while' the inner extzem Ther r showed the dates which the flowering | been placed in in | ue Muse our ТЇ niversity. He 
took placo i in Lun 1862, ша 1863 ed "Those has also ma col 
follow i 
w lying deep in the hard wood, contanti retain their 
ul uthor 
original soft cell ular condition. , The consi sider. ers 
for the - 
Ji 
flora, 
—Aubrietia gem- 
Jan. 16; Tus 
cellular proc esses. The ey are, he observes, to Visc 
what the cellular rootlets of deseen р Tieni are c» 
hem. Hence he objects to the reiterated statements 
commonly m wide i in bot: апіса] works that the Mistletoe 
contracts an organic adhesion with the cambium layer, 
d becomes grafted just as a 
eme of buddi ing. 
аг s, differ i in this important particular, that M 
tl maintained by woody union 
the © that of the parasite eannot be so бетүе 
е 
but re quires for its preservation | a root, by the в electi ive v. 
egli el 
Parasitism and grafting, he | Fe 
silago еле 
Jan. 18; Hepatica triloba, 
3 
12; Nordmannia ES Feb. 12. Plants in 
f 
the sap of the ебх EH. 
may b 
me addi 
as taken an а part in i interesting questions 
rg philanthropy, on the оноп of which the x on 
depend. He has felt, 
Ал on 12th Fe b. 
list, 
1 
BOTANICAL H.—The Soc 
on "Thursday, к дюн at 5, St. ers 
Square— Profess Balfour, V.P, in the chair. 
Cheira: nt nthus | Chet xanh i incana, it isi iana mde 
rabis albida 
er g than fame; and it is no slight ground of 
con sgrition d some of those who have be 
commis оной by eir Maker to study orks, and 
to soun dec of His wisdom and His power, 
Various don ктө wi to the Society's libramy were have shu nne =” ihe fatal c course which others have d 
= оп the table. The р. communications were | white), la veris (varieties), Primula lgaris | sued, hope 
ead :—1. * Notice of Plants collected in = үс =й К, Andromeda  floribunda, Viola tricolor which science is во able to sustain. Рг, Gre In 
Pet eds and та Upper de nada, in ."|(varieties). Dr. John Lowe sent the following list of the name of the Council I no to pr Б? d you 
y George Lawso —П. “A Р Ме бк 29 the plants flowering in the ope on the 6th of February, the Neill Medal, and to congratulate you on this 
Plants ода ted Ww мт. Pemberton a sicot and Mr. is garden at , Norfolk : —Eranthis n honour, which you have во well merited, 
y Mr.. F. Gre- | Galanthus nivalis, Viola rar Primulas of vari 
ree р са g into est | kinds, Coronilla sp., Hepaticas, Arabis albida, sous 
Australia, Ву таер Mueller, мо" —-III. | (yellow), Helleborus, Omphalodes verna, Cheiran- ўЗ0(1се5 of 250065. 
* Extracts from Indian Letters from Dr. сы. "|thus Cheiri, Erica herbacea, Чу m nudiflorum, 
Communicated by Professor Balfour. In on ) Laureola, | English Botany, or Coloured Figures of British Plants. 
the letters, дан. PED dl ша, October, ed athiola incana, The Ys ers ns ild ы, were Third Edition, erst ad according to the 
Dr. Cleghorn said :—I of Lord Can-|in flower on 6th February, in the neigh atural and entirely revised. (Hardwicke). 
. ning's instructions, I е pes teme one of| Lynn :— ar- nivalis, Lamium album , L. pur- No. 1 1, with 24. plates, 
the Де — and adventurous journeys ever|pureum, Vinca major, V. minor, Primula veris Corylus | The old English Botany, in some 36 8vo volumes, 
гана ыва ылы from the rapid nature of reed ‘Ulex europeus, Sarothamnus scoparius, | was remarkable for the excellence of its plates by the 
the m ente; 0 often very fatiguing. It has been my | Malva sylvestris, Draba verna, grec riscus sylvestris worthlessness of its letter-press 
duty ! ча » follow the (loue ot four of the great Pun- | Stellaria media, Bellis Las mm Seneci урана, Ww д э, = the second edition, in seven ee volumes, 
jaub rivers FN TEB; “Ravi, and SAD) from the Willia valuable plates were retained, and new letter-press 
plains up to gl r of valus | f plant а satisfactory character, though very concise, wa 
is found 5 e ? wb d to "Ша v Were in flower o on 12th Рау at St. -Roeque, › | substibnted. We have now before i Ам first number 
examine the m of a third ion, in which 
T 1 (x 1 
,wi ith 
alabar Poison | 
jfour)" B 
—This «а pet was an abstract 
from Dr. Fraser s Кай дайоп thesis of last s sessio; п. а. 
the в onera ze of th Һе — ced 
tive of the spinal cord, hydragogue 
ы 
fowers heh. ML. 
ч on the spinal cord by destroying its power 
impressions; 2d, this destruction v result і їп 
Sis well-marked and distinct effec cular 
the Society, to prm a brief notice of the bequest to | 
Science which was made by the late Dr. Patrick Neill. | 
Although Dr. Neill was a member of this — E | 
edit а опг wild flow 
Lern are » js republished, with ay лопае. г 
тте nai — e dnt in the course of 
e the 
pure science, Mrs 
Royat or EDINBURGH: The Neill Prize. — The Lankester tho гэй matter, and the learned Соний 
following remarks ud made at last meeting of the | the n; plates, either old retouched and aug- 
B rd by Sir David Brewster, on presenting beris en ah ерюн ровара dido ad 
Medal to ille :—Before emi J. E. Sowerby. " For the present we can d report that 
the Neil edal to Dr. reville, in conformity with | the work promises uh and that the PA" 
the decision of the Council, it may be proper for the | ыры than the old pay ich saying ood 
o ers, and even 1 of many Fellows of e only that М т. Syme will n t lend himself t to 
hope 
the promulgation of Mr. H 
about super-species and ОЯ which if рг roduced 
in the form of plates, w haust the patience of 
paralysis, extendin. dually dé n tory | never took an active uit in its procee I| both publisher and buyers. 
apparatus, and producing death by asphyxia; 2, in | believe never communicated an 4 
rapid paralysis of the heart—probably due to an ex-|actions. Не was one of tlie founders of the Wernerian| Run Blockade (Ward & Lock) is an amusing 
tension of on to nervous а of the heart— | Society, and di шеш гас duties of its secretary sollen, by Lieut. prega R.N. of rough and 
causing death by syncope; 3d, a difference іп dose | during the 30 years — n the able ready Stories, that mus саад think =? — 
accom ed this difference in effect; 4th, the action еэ нт of ceci British seam We поё so sure that 
doe it Tin be to s taste of the Northorners considering 
the action m. е spinal оар Ше rette of the 
ers 
Society was, indeed, the cem СІ tho Royal Society of | 
Edin сезер 
may, however, be influenced se ily; 5th, | tain many papers by distinguished writers which woul: 
ysis of ^ fib triped ие р merene en communicate x to this Society. Dr The Insect Hunter's TUE b ti 
d unstriped; 6th, it acts as an exci the Neill’s first publication appeare ared in 1806, and was ү Butterflies es and "Motls, nd 
r eai п system, increasing ecially the action of|entitled * A 2 through some of the "Islands of comprising an Essay on e digging. By the Rev 
the entary mucous membrane; 7th, Orkney an etland" In 1829 he MÀ his теа Greene, IA. 12mo,, Van 5 
effects follow the local -application of the water у | * Horticult Eg in Flanders" and in 1845 his| A on а л; most in ing to the 
emulsion and alcoholic extract; these are—destruc- | “ Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen Garden,” whic turalist. What would we not тән p ot s 
tion «е ха ра of muscular fibre, and con- | publication of the icle “ eiie in the ER "advice when we began collec cting. But 
trac the pupil when applied to the eyeball or |“ Edinburgh Encyclopædia.” Dr. Neill y* 
уме o de is probable that this last action. EAT be|only two papers to the Wernerian Т tions, one * 
of importance in illustrating the action of the Bean. | entitled “А List of Fishes in "ће Forth, aud Lakes M àa, 
alentin des iris receives its|and Rivers near E “ы and another “Оп the denen 
nervous supply from two so „ from cerebral and Fossil remains of the er in Perthshire and Ber-| A. , » ТХЕҮ —At few 
from spinal filaments. He has concluded that the г p рам eil jn 1850, and bequeathed | places are Neapolitan Violets grown M pentes per- 
cerebral filaments are supplied to the circular muscle | t the oyal Society of Edinbu rgh tho, sum of € | fe aue than they are here; дез, account therefore of 
or contractor of the pupil and the spinal to ће |“ the f way in which they are treated may not be 
m or dilator of the pen. Tio ctions A second or third year to any disi рн d рашы though th ese fragrant 
of these two nervous sup must ded as|guished Scottish naturalist, to be adjudicated by little w and sp аге this season, Strong 
antagonistic. When therefore the EREN of one ы the Council of the So the old 
of fibres is р сааб that of the other will be un-|trust, the Council 
, and produce a greate errea- of Ma in place of the biennial period, and the 
proper actio: чай einfluence of the cerebral|cation of the prize was 
supply is removed, the fibres, Menem nin: the | for h hes 
spinal nerves, be unchecked, and dilatation об the | second NEAL was mad 
pupils will . The kernel of the Calabar Bean can | Greville “ for his 
way. The contraction of the pupils may caused | gamic ` botany, тй his 
in ways—by cerebral irritation, by в maces." Dr. Gre 
depression, and by а combination of cerebral irritation | have n Ps numerous an 
and dep iio symptoms disprove auy merits have been recognised by the most di 
сеге tative action, and so neither the first ts of the age. is “ tish 
nor last of these cause of the Flora ” 7% published b 
other hand,|^ Flora Edin ар 
